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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1917
Page
2
A fragment notes Dr Welsch offering radium serum for tuberculosis and superior methods claimed to cure chronic diseases without surgery. It mentions consultation free and lists 631 Hampshire St with dated reference to January 1.
Washington December 20 Winter wheat planted on the country’s largest acreage shows the lowest Dec 1 condition on record. A crop of 540 million bushels is forecast by the department of agriculture though final output will vary with weather. Area sown for next year totals 42,170,000 acres with Dec 1 condition at 49.3 percent of normal. Rye plantings reach 6,119,000 acres, 36.6 percent more than last year, with Dec 1 condition at 34.1 percent of normal.
Springfield Missouri. December 20. The Missouri Retail Merchants Association moves 15000 grocers in 260 cities to back food conservation. A pledge card urges reducing delivery, promoting substitutes for wheat and meat, and using perishables more, with non signers named to federal food administration.
Miss Ruth Crouch daughter of Mr and Mrs C L Crouch and Bert Loudermilk son of Mr and Mrs G L Loudermilk were married at 1130 Wednesday morning in the home of the bride's parents Rev John Crouch officiated There were no attendants Only immediate relatives and friends attended A wedding breakfast followed and the couple left for Chicago for a weeklong honeymoon
The French cruiser Renault was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean on December 14 while serving as a transport. The attacking submarine was destroyed. All passengers were saved, but ten crew members died. Renault, laid down in 1896, measured 442 feet in length and displaced 7,898 tons with a crew of about 600. She had also served as a mine layer.
The admiralty reports a successful bombing by British naval aircraft against the Engel airdrome behind German lines in Flanders. Bombs hit sheds, ammunition dumps, and railway sidings. one enemy plane was shot down in flames and another out of control. all Allied planes returned safely.
London reports General Sarrail commander of allied armies at Saloniki has been recalled. General Guillemet named as his successor. Sarrail has led allied operations at Saloniki since 1913 after directing Marne front actions and later command in Dardanelles.
Reports from escaped federal prisoners reaching Chihuahua City state Francis co Villa now operates as Severino Gonzalez. With Martin Lopez he conducts a guerrilla campaign under Gonzalez, loots towns, robs trains, and kills civilians. Villa’s other official name is Dorotea Aranja. Fighting with federal troops near Parral was reported, with movements toward the Durango mountains.
Springfield Illinois December 20. The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that persons discharged by the state civil service commission and later reinstated are not entitled to back salary paid to others who performed their duties. The test cases by grain inspectors Franz Sartisan and Herman Kelley concerned eligibility after efficiency exams did not apply to employees hired before civil service law took effect.
In a Senate hearing on war prep, Representative McCormick of Illinois urged rapid American manufacture of artillery and munitions. He cited British French shortages and warned delay could cost lives, urging creation of a U S munitions department and production of 25 000 cannon to win the war.
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